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Sage Smart Grinder

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#1 ·
So... after much deliberation and thanks to CoffeeChap I've got myself a Sage Smart Grinder.

I was after a mignon but couldn't find one second hand.

I will have a go with this one and maybe in the future get the mignon.

Compared to my last grinder which was a shimmed cuisine art, I'm in heaven
:angel:


Still dialling it in but first one out i saw the creme and had to taste it. Already better but with the beans I'm using which are 2 weeks old I'm on the finest grind setting.

Will get some fresh beans asap and see how i go with them, I'm sure i can go back a few notches.
 
#5 ·
What machine are you using it with? I'm thinking of moving from classic to the sage dual boiler and like the idea of having a matching grinder (as it's to go into my new kitchen) sitting beside it.

Be interesting to see what you think of the grinder itself. For the money it looks packed with features and well thought out.
 
#9 ·
Southpaw said:
It sounds like the sort of thing you wouldn't want look up on urban dictionary.
Urban has his own unique dictionary - best not ask him for his definition
 
#10 ·
RossT said:
What machine are you using it with? I'm thinking of moving from classic to the sage dual boiler and like the idea of having a matching grinder (as it's to go into my new kitchen) sitting beside it.

Be interesting to see what you think of the grinder itself. For the money it looks packed with features and well thought out.
Don't go there I speak from first hand experience,buying and running a Sage Smart Grinder with a Sage DB will do the machine no favours at all, it simply isn't a decent match for the machine even though they share the same look.The better your grinder the better the coffee you will make. The Sage Smart Grinder is ok if you only have a £200 budget and are one of those people who must buy everything brand new, IF it is bought as "My First Grinder", sure it's easy to use and packed with features that make it easy to use, but the grind quality isn't that much better than an MC2.
 
#13 ·
Burnzy said:
Nice one, the sage smart grinders are a decent entry grinder.. Have to agree with charlie though, it does a great job with a classic, but a sage db would require something more sexy... :)
Mythos works really well with a Sage DB and the brushed SS finish even matches the Sage
:)
 
#18 ·
RayTCoffeePro said:
Thanks.....
;)


I never knew Sage was Breville......
Breville are an Australian company, the toasters and kettles etc. sold here in the UK are using the name under a licensing agreement and other than the name are nothing to do with Breville Australia so when they started to sell some of their espresso machines and other up-market kitchen stuff they had to find a new name to use in the UK and EU.
 
#20 ·
I've been playing with the grinder with some new beans and although my first grinder was nothing to compare with i can say that i am able to see and taste the difference in the coffee i am making. I am glad i got this grinder but it does make me want to get the mignon
:)


However, my wallet won't let me yet so ill be enjoying the sage for now.

Having the on demand grinding is so much better than what i had to do before.

I have found as the Sage is stepped I've sometimes hit a point where id like it to be stepless but usually a firmer tamp sorts it out.

The size and look of it are great and being able to take the hopper off is very useful.
 
#22 ·
The first indicator is that it won't go fine enough for some beans, or that you have it on its very lowest setting to get an espresso grind. The shim is fitted below the bottom burr on the shaft, so if you dismantle it you will be able to see this.

After an initial release period, all new Smart grinders come pre-shimmed, so if you bought it recently its unlikely to not have a shim. It is obviously possible there are still a few 'new' ones from the inital batch floating around out there.